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6391 Gaming memory tangents
Jan. 5th, 2004 07:08 amMy answer to this gaming question: What do you think is the best cast size for the games you've played? What are the factors that go into your answer: genre, play group, gaming system, etc.?
The short answer is 4.
The long answer is that I really think it's up to each gaming group, but I prefer smaller crew sizes for most games. More than six players with one GM was a bit much for me. I think three-four is good for most groups, and I had a lot of fun doing the "Brave & the Bold" Greenpeace (Hippie Green Lantern in the '60s, protoge of Alan Scott on DC "Earth 2.1") & Doc Mid-nite (Daughter of The Original) team ups with Katt and GrayPumpkin. (GP ran, K & I were sort of the "buddy Picture" team... there was really solid dynamic there.) It was actually a spin-off of a larger scale silver age JSA, the Next generation campaign.... funny how JSA got popular again in the comics about 3 years after that game came to a close. Supers Games seem to bog down too much after 4 players... but that might just be because we were playing champions. It's a good game, but combat can take a looooong time.
I'll add another qualifier to my preference, I prefer a fairly gender-balanced crew... an all-boys squad tends to be more accepting of inappropriate behavior.. I think it's good to have a balanced crew to keep the less mature a little more on the ball.
So, short story made long, 4 is as large as I really like, though I've been in 7-person groups before, usually the 7th person peters it out, at least in my memory. Now, if some of those players are non-entities, it doesn't count as much... ( Ramble )
What was the point of that? I don't know.. just a random brain dump. Ran out of time this morning, I'll update it later.
As far as computer games go, Vice City is interesting, but I don't see it having a lot of long-lasting game play for me. I'll probably trot it out if I'm feeling like playing bumper cars or shoot the civilian, but that's about it. Nice graphics, and it's very much stereotypical South Florida of the late 80s. Warcraft 3 & Age of Mythology is a lot more my speed.
Mars Exploration Rover Moblog
Chinese Year of the Monkey starts on January 22, 2004. (4701 by Chinese calendar.)
I was born in the year of the Monkey, too... (I'm an Earth Monkey, to be specific... three days later, and I'd have been an Earth Rooster.)
The short answer is 4.
The long answer is that I really think it's up to each gaming group, but I prefer smaller crew sizes for most games. More than six players with one GM was a bit much for me. I think three-four is good for most groups, and I had a lot of fun doing the "Brave & the Bold" Greenpeace (Hippie Green Lantern in the '60s, protoge of Alan Scott on DC "Earth 2.1") & Doc Mid-nite (Daughter of The Original) team ups with Katt and GrayPumpkin. (GP ran, K & I were sort of the "buddy Picture" team... there was really solid dynamic there.) It was actually a spin-off of a larger scale silver age JSA, the Next generation campaign.... funny how JSA got popular again in the comics about 3 years after that game came to a close. Supers Games seem to bog down too much after 4 players... but that might just be because we were playing champions. It's a good game, but combat can take a looooong time.
I'll add another qualifier to my preference, I prefer a fairly gender-balanced crew... an all-boys squad tends to be more accepting of inappropriate behavior.. I think it's good to have a balanced crew to keep the less mature a little more on the ball.
So, short story made long, 4 is as large as I really like, though I've been in 7-person groups before, usually the 7th person peters it out, at least in my memory. Now, if some of those players are non-entities, it doesn't count as much... ( Ramble )
What was the point of that? I don't know.. just a random brain dump. Ran out of time this morning, I'll update it later.
As far as computer games go, Vice City is interesting, but I don't see it having a lot of long-lasting game play for me. I'll probably trot it out if I'm feeling like playing bumper cars or shoot the civilian, but that's about it. Nice graphics, and it's very much stereotypical South Florida of the late 80s. Warcraft 3 & Age of Mythology is a lot more my speed.
Mars Exploration Rover Moblog
Chinese Year of the Monkey starts on January 22, 2004. (4701 by Chinese calendar.)
I was born in the year of the Monkey, too... (I'm an Earth Monkey, to be specific... three days later, and I'd have been an Earth Rooster.)
